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Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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F. 0. GBTGH'EL'L.. MAUHINE FOR PRINTING UIL G LOTHS, 6m. No. 352,123.

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. FEED ofris GETGHELL, or AUGUSTA, MAINE.

MACHlNE Foe PRINTING OIL-CLoTi-ls, abo,

SPECIFECATION ormingpart of Letters Patent No. 352,123. dated November9, 1886.

Application filed May 22, 1886.

simi No. 203,024. (No meer.)

gusta, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented a neWand useful Im- "provement in Machines for Printing Oil? Cloths, Garpets,and the Like, of Which the` following is a specification.

My invention relates toy improvements in machines for printingoil-cloths, carpets, and

the like; and it'consists of the peculiar combination and arrangement ofdevices and novel construction of parts, substantially as hereinf afterfully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims;

The objectof this Ainvention is to provide novel means for automaticallysupplying the .printing or stamping devices With the coloring matter orcomposition simultaneously with the movement of the feeding device orcarrier; to convey the printed part or surface of the carpet or workfrom beneath or'away from the stamping devices and bring anotherunprinted surface 'of the carpet beneath the stamping devices,to beacted on thereby and receive the impression therefrom; to provide meansWhere? by the stamps are caused to evenly and uniformly take up theirproper supply of Vcoloringinatter from the`supplyhoppers; to providemeans whereby the stamping devices can be operated simultaneously, orany one or all of them can be thrown out of operative position;

` and, iinally, to improve the machine in minor details of construction,so that ready access can be had thereto to clean or detach the parts;and the parts are simple and strong in construction, not liable to beeasily broken or get out of order, and can bebuilt or'constructedcomparatively cheap. y

lj y yof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end elevation look- 45 is a detail viewofone of the printing ory 5@ ing at the delivery end of the machine. Fig.

stamping devices.' Fig. 6 is a detached detail iview of the clutchmechanism for actuating the'A traveling carrier or feed device; Fig-7isa detail view of one of the journal-bearings to permit readydetachment of one of the rolls or shafts. Fig. 8 is a detached View ofone of the supply-hoppers to the stamping or printing devices. drum Ofor one of the printing or stamping devices. Fig. l0 is a longitudinalsectional view throughone of the supply-hoppers detached from themachine. tached detail view of the cam-Wheel J.

Referring to the drawings, in which like let- Fig. 9 is a detailsectional view of:

6o Fig.V ll is adeters of reference d'enote corresponding parts. Y

in the several figures, A designates the main frame of myin'iprovedcarpet or oil-cloth printing machine, which carries a table, B, for they support of the traveling carrier or feed device presently described;and C, the supplemental frame for the support of the mechanism `foractuating the printing or stamping devices.

The table B is arranged longitudinally of the main frame A and elevatedfor a short distance above the latter and at a suitable height from thelicor, so that the operator can readily reach the same, and thesupplemental frame U' projects or is arranged to one side of and at'rightangles to the main frame A, as shown;

or feed device D. These chains Dare arranged 1 on opposite sides of thetable B, and they each comprise a series of flexibly-connected links orloops, el, of any preferred form, and each link visprovided with anupwardly-projecting but I would have it understood that changes 4pin orstud, d', that extends therefrom at an' angle, and is adapted to takeinto the carpet, oil-cloth, or other worlgto more effectually carry orconvey the latter With the traveling carrier. rEhe chains or belts ofthe carrier` Work. or extend over drums or pulleys E and F, whichA arearranged at opposite ends of the table B. These drumsE and .F arearranged in pairs at each end of the table, andthe drum of each pair isprovided with a circumferential groove, g, between its edges, in whichare tted or work the chains of the traveling carrier,

the drums being further provided with `a series IOO ofr spaced pins orstuds, g', which are arranged inline with each other on opposite sidesof the grooves g in the drum, and fit between two adjacent links of thechains of the carrier, as will be readily understood, to prevent thechains from slipping in the grooves of the drums.

The drums E and F are arranged on opposite sides of the table, so thatthe peripheral grooves g thereof are in line with the longitudinalgrooves or channels b of the table, to permit the chains D' of thecarrier to pass freely and easily from the drum to the table, and viceversa, and the carrier is given or operated by an intermittent motion bythe mechanism which I will now proceed -to describe, to wit: One of thedrums, E', of the pair of drums E is arranged without or exterior to oneof the side sills or beams of the frame A, and it carries a clutch faceor hub, H, which may be either cast or formed therewith, orseeuredthcreto by bolts or other suitable means, and with thisclutch-face H is adapted to cul gage asimilar clutch face or section,H', that is carried by a pulley or drum, I. This pulley or drum is madein the form of an annulus or ring, and it tits over and bears on theperiphery of a cam, J, that is made in a complete circle at itsperiphery, and provided with a circumferential groove, j, into whichprojects a guide-pin, j', that passes through the pulley I, and servesto retain the said pulley on the periphery of the cam J and pre vent itfrom becoming displaced thereon. This circumferential groove j of thecam J is made straight for the greater part of its length, asshown; butit is provided with a portion or section, ji, that lies to one side ofand is out of line with the straight portion j, and connected therewithby diagonal or curved parts j", which extend in opposite directions toconduct the guide-pin j' successively into and out of the portions j andj", as will be readily seen. rIhe pulley I is driven in one directioncontinuously by an' endless belt, which will be hereinafter described,and it carries with it the pin j', and the fixed grooved cam J isrigidly secured on and supported by a short rod or bar, J', which isfirmly and immovably secured at its outer end in the main frame A of`the machine. The pulley I carries with lit the clutch face or sectionH', and the rod or bar J', on which the fixed cam J is supported,isarranged in linewith the shaft G, on which the drum E' is secured. Itwill thus be seen that during the greater part of a single revolution ofthe pulley I the side edges thereof lie in line with the correspondingedges of the fixed cam, and the pin j' rides or moves in the straightpart of the groove on the said fixed cam, and when the said pin rides inthe straight part or section j of the groove the pulley is arranged sothat the clutch face or ysection H', carried thereby, is drawn away fromand is out of engagement with the clutch-face H of the drum E'. When thepin j' of the pulley I rides in the section jz of the peripheral grooveof the xed cam, the pulley is forced or moved laterally of the cam tothrow the side edges of the cam and pulley out of line, and therebycause the clutch face or section H' on the pulley to engage with theclutch face or section H of the drum E', to rotate the latter and theshaft G, on which it is secured, whereby the drums E and E' are rotatedby the pulley I during a portion of the revolution of the latter andmove or drive the traveling carrier or belt D a limited distance. Thepulley I thus successively engages with and is disengaged from the drumE', to rotate the shaft G of the drums E and propel the carrier and tostop the motion thereof, and for the sake of convenience I willhereinafter dcsignate the pulleys or drums E as the drivingpulleys andthe pulleys F as the idler-pulleys.7 These pulleys E and F are rigidlysecured on and carried by shafts G, which are journaled in suitablebearings or boxes, Ii,

-that are secured to the frame A by bolts or other suitable means. Oneof these boxes is shown in detail in Fig. 7, and it consists of twosections, k, which are each provided with recesses on their inneropposing faces, one end of the sections being secured or connectedtogether by means of a throughboltand nut, 7c', and the other end beingconnected by a removable pin, k2, whereby the pin can be readA ilyremoved to permit the upper one of the two sections 7a to be moved oradjusted out of line with the lower section, and thus enable the readydisplacement of the shaft that is journaled in the box or bearing.

L designates a driving-shaft for operating the variousmechanisms of themachine, which is arranged beneath and longitudinally of the table B,and this shaftis journaled in suitable bearings, l, which are of theform shown in Fig. 7. O ne end of this driving-shaft is extended beyondthe frame A at one end thereof, and has a pulley, crank, or othersuitable device secured thereon, whereby power Afrom any suitable sourcemay be applied thereto to rotate the shaft, and the other end of thedriving-shaft carries a bevel gear-wheel, L', that meshes with a similarwheel, M', that is secured rigidly on a counter-shaft, M, arranged atright angles to the driving-shaft and journaled'in bearings m on theframe A, the opposite end of this counter-shaft extending beyoud theframe A and carrying a pulley, M2, over which passes a belt, M3, thatcommunicates the motion of the driving and counter shafts to the pulleyI and the drums E and the traveling carrier, as is obvious.

N designates the oscillating levers or arms for carrying the stampingdevices, which are pivoted or journaled near one end, as at n, on thesupplemental frame C of the machine, and these levers or arms arearranged at right angles to the traveling carrier and the table. Aseries of these levers is employed, which le vers are arranged parallelwith and a short distance from each other, and I prefer to employ nineof these arms or levers, although I IOO have shown vonly two herein,which, however,

will serve to illustrate the construction and operation of my invention.

The rear ends of the levers are provided with verticallydisposedfriction -rollers n',

which are4 journaled looselyon pins or studs carried by the levers, andwhich it or work in serpentine grooves o, that are formed in theperiphery of pulleys or drums O, one of which is provided for each ofthe levers or arms N. The cani drums or pulleys O rare'secured rigidlyon and rotated byindependent shafts'Oa, which are journaled so as torotate freely and separately of each other in boxes or bearings o',which are secured in the supplemental frame C, and the drums or pulleysare' arranged above the outerends of the levers or arms.

\ Each ofthe circumferential grooves o of the f and two angularsections, p and p2, which arecam-wheels comprises a straight portion, p,which is arranged parallel with and a short distance from one ofthe sideedges of the drum,

. arranged at an angle to eachother and to the straight section p, andopen into the same to form one continuous groove. When theroller a ofone of the levers works in the straight I section p of the groove of itsdrum or"pulley,

the upper end of the roller bears on thecir- `cumferential bottom edgeof the groove-sectionsp and allows the free end ofthe lever to Y descendtoward and be elevated'from the table. When it `rides in the sectionp,it is elevated above a supply-hopper and forced laterally or to one sideand over the hopperto causeV the platen carried thereby to take its inkfrom the hopper, and when it enters the section pz the free end of thelever is forced .back to its iirst position and away from thesupply-hopper, so lthat it can act upon the carpet on the table. AItwill thus be seen that the lever has avertical and lateral movablemovement, so thatit .is caused to successivelybe brought into l,positionto first act upon the fabricon the table; second, elevated and carriedlaterally over the supply-hopper to ink the platen carried thereby, and,third, be

brought againinto posit-ion or returned to act upon the fabric orcarpet.

The cam-rollers 0 are -rotated by means of belts O', which passoverpulleys O2, that are secured on and carried by shafts q, that arejoui-naled in bearings q', secured to the-supplemental frame C, andarranged below the cam'rollers or drums O; and the pulleys O2 ing-leversor arms, so that they are operated The arms.

independently ofthe fellow arms.

or levers can be operated. simultaneouslypor any one of the levers canbe'thrown out of use by merely slipping one of the belts O or Q. fromthe rollers "O and O2, as will be readily understood. The opposite endsof the levers are provided with the stamping devices R, the constructionof which is as follows: Each of the stamping or printing devicescomprises a platen, R', a carrier-plate, R2, to which the platenisdetachably connected by 7 5 means of binding or thumb screws 1^, whichpass through the carrier-plate and platen at the corners thereof, andthe carrier-plate is provided with parallel .iianges or lugs r', be- Ytween which is arranged and piroted the free 8o end of the oscillatinglever or arm. The carrier-plate is further provided with a guide pin orbolt, s, which projects upwardly therefrom and passes through an openingin the pivoted end ofthe oscillating lever, and acoiled spring,s,encircles this guide-pin and bears against the 'carrier-plate and thelever, to' normally depress the platen and carrier-plate, so that therear end of the platen can bear very squarely and firmly on the workwhen it passes beneath the 9o saine. The carrier-plate is furtherprovidedwith friction-rollers S, which areloosely journ naled insuitable shafts that are secured on the plate R2, and these rollers bearagainst a horizontal arm, t, cfa vertically-disposed guide, T, which isarranged at one side of the table and suitably secured thereto. Thefront or free end of the oscillatingllever to which the platen issecured is normally depressed by a coiled spring, U, which is connectedat one roo endto the lever and at its other end to the supplementalframe, and when the lever and the printing device R, carried thereby,are elevated' and' moved laterally the platen is forced or l broughtinto contact with a conveying-roller,

which the printing or coloring matter or coIn- 1roposition is placed, sothat when theplaten. bearsthereon the roller is rotated by frictionalcontact and conveys the coloring-matter` from the hopper onto the loweror relief surface ofthe platen, as is obvious.

YThe supply-hopper is provided with a snpplemental chamber, V', whichopens or is in' communicationwith the main chamberof the hopper by asuitable opening or port, and in this supplemental chamber is placed theoolor- 12o ing-matter, which ilows through the port intoY the mainchamber of the hpper, so that the hopper can be replenished at any timewithont interfering with theoperatin of printing. rIhe hopper is alsoprovided with depending feet o', which fit in recessed seats v2, thatare formed inthe sides of`the main frame A,'to` prevent longitudinal orlateral play or movement of the hopper; and it is more securelyprinting- 'and iirmly held and maintained in place by a r,o

locking device, V2, which preferably consists:-

oi' a pivoted hook that is adapted to engage with an eye or staple. XVdesignates avertical bracket, which is arranged to and secured on' oneside of the main frame A, and this bracket is provided with a shaft orpin, which projects at right angles therefrom, and carries a frictionroller, w, that is loosely journaled thereon. A series of these bracketsis provided on cach side of the frame A, and the friction rollers wthereof project over the upper edges of the table, so that they bear onthe chains D of the traveling carrier, and the work secured lhereon,toprevent the work from being elevated with the stamping or printingdevices, and thus securely retain the work in place on the carrier whilethe rollers are free to revolve, and thus they do net hinder or retardthe motion of the carrier. y

One end of the table B is provided with the receiving guide-rollers Xand X, the former of which is arranged in close proximity to the uppersurface thereof, to cause the carpet as it passes beneath the same toengage with the pointed pins or studs of the traveling carrier, and therollers are journaledin vertical standards m, which are arranged at thesides of and suitably secured to the table, the said roller X beingremovably journaled in the standards,

so that it can be detached therefrom when desired; and the opposite endof the table is also provided with a delivery guide-roller, Y, that isjournaled in standards y, which are secured to the table, and elevatethe roller journaled therein some distance above the table, whereby whenthe carpet passes over this roller it is freed from engagement with thepins or studs of the traveling carrier. Thus the work is kept in placeon the carrier and delivered or disengaged therefrom without requiringthe attention of the operator after the machine has been once set inmotion.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The work or carpet is firstpassed over the roller X and then beneath the roller X,which forces itin engagement with the pins or studs ofthe carrier, which conveys thework beneath the printing` devices R. Motion is com municated to thedriving-shaft L to rotate the latter, and the pulleyl is driven by themiter and belt gearing intermediate of the said roller and the driving-shaft, so that the clutchface H is caused to engage the similar face,h, and thus rotate the driving rollers or pulleys E intermittently topropel the carrier D forward, the idler-drums F revolving under themotion of the traveling carrier. Simultaneously with the rotation of thedriving-shaft the drums or cam-wheels O are rotated by theintermediatebelt-connections@and Q, so that the 'friction-rollers a ofthe oscillating levers N are caused to ride inthe grooves of thecam-wheel O. The whole or any desired number of the cam-wheels andlevers N can be actuated or employed, and simultaneously with theelevation of the front ends of the le vers and the printing devices fromthe work or carpet the traveling carrier is moved forward by the clutchmechanism at the delivery end of themachine, to convey the printedsurface of the carpet away 'from the printing or stamping devices andbring an unprintcd or unstamped surface of the carpet in positionbeneath the printing devices, so that upon the descent -of the leversagain upon the work the fresh or unprinted surface receives theimpression and the carrier is then fed forward, this operation beingcontinued until the dcsired quantity of carpet has been printed.Simultaneously with the traveling motion of the carrier the free end ofthe lever and the printing device carried thereby are elevated by theaction ofthe cam-wheel O on the rear'end thereof, and thefrictionrollers carried by the carrier plate of the printing devicestrike against the arm t of the guide, which depresses the front end ofthe printing device, so that when it is forced laterally the lowerrelicfsurfaee will strike or impinge against the conveying-roller c ofthe supply-trough very evenly throughout its entire surface, so that thecoloring-mattei' is uniformly spread over the lower face of the platen,and upon the retrograde movement ot' the lever and printing device theconveying-roller is further actuated to convey the matter from thetrough onto the platen.

It will thus be seen that all of the printing devices can be actuatedsimultaneously to print upon the carpet or oil-cloth, or only one ormore can be used, and that the carrier has an intermittent niotion,whichtakes place when the printing devices are elevated and moved laterallyover the supplyhoppers to ink the platens thereof, whereby a freshsurface of the carpet is presented for the action of the printingdevices thereon upon the return or retrograde movement thereof from thesupply-hoppers. NVhen the front ends of the levers are elevated,the"retracting-springs Uv are extended, and they aid in depressing thefront ends ofthe levers; and when the levers are lowered, so that theplatens can impress the work, the spring s' of the lever bears againstthe rear end of the carrier-plate to depress that end of the platenandcause the same to bear very firmly and evenly upon the work. Theplaten, moving on a center which is formed by the pivot of the front ofthe lever, is liable to cause the printing or relief surface thereof tobear unevenly on the work, and thus deliver an imperfect impression,which objection I overcome by the use of the coiled spring s.

If desired, regulatingplates Z may be secured to the supply-hoppcrs, toprevent too great quantity of coloring-matter from passing onto therollers, and these plates are arranged on opposite sides of theconveying-rollers v, that work in the hopper, the plates beingadjustable toward and away from the rollers by means of thumb or bindingscrews z, which are passed through slots in the ends of the plates, aswill be readily understood.

I would have it understood that I do not desire to confine myself to theexact details of construction and form and proportion of parts hereinshown and described as an embodiment of my invention, as I am aware thatnumerous IIO changes therein can be made without departcombination of atraveling carrier, 'a supply hopper or trough, a swinging arm orlevercapablevof vertical movement and a lateral movementvover thehopper, and aY printing dev-ice carried by the said arm or lever toimpress the work on the vertical movement 'ofthe'arm and take its supplyof coloring-matter from the hopper on the lateral movement of the arm,the traveling carrier being capable of an' intermittent motion whichtakes place simultaneously with the withdrawal of the arm or lever andthe printing device from the work, substantially as described, for thepurpose set forth.

. 2. In a machine for printing carpets, the

` combination of a traveling carrier, the drivswinging arm or levercarrying a printing de` y vice and capable of vertical and lateralmoveing and idler drums therefor, ahopper, the

mentsj to impress the work on the carrier and take its su-pply ofcoloring-matter from the hopper successively, a driving shaft, and

clutch mechanism intermediate of the drivingshaft and the driving-drumsfor rotat-ing the latter and feeding the traveling carriersimultaneously with the lateral movement of the swinging arm-or leverand its printing device toward the hopper, substantially as described,

0i'or the purpose set forth.

3. In a machine for printing carpets, the combination of anintermittently-fed carrier, a supply trough or hopper arranged above thecarrier, and a swinging lever or arm carrying the printing device andhaving Va vertical movement tofimpress the work on the carrier 'and alateral or swinging movement to take Vits'supply of coloring-matter fromthe hopper, substantially as described..

4. In a machine for printing carpets, the combination of anintermittently-fed carrier, the delivery and receiving'rollers thereto',the

hopper arranged above and out of contact with.

the carrier, aiswinging arm or lever having a vertical and lateralmovement, and a springactuated printingdevice carried by the lever andpivoted thereto, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.c

, 5. In a machine for printing carpets, the combination of a travelingcarrier, a swinging lever carrying the printing device, the drivi ingand idler drums for supporting the carrier,

and a continuously-rotated pulley capable of lateral movement during apart of each rotation thereof, to be successively engaged with andreleased from one of the carrier-drums to feed the carrier forward withan intermittent motion, substantially as described.

6. The combination of 'a traveling carrier, the driving-drums, one ofwhich has a clutchface, and a continuously-rotated pulley carrying asimilar clutch-face and' capable of lateral the the printing devices andcapable of successive vertical and lateral movements, andvsupplyhoppeyrsarranged to one side of the levers and their printing devices to delivertheir contents yto the said printing devices when they are elevated andmoved above the same, substantially as described, for the purpose setforth.

8. In a-machine for printing carpets, the

`combination of a hopper, a swinging lever carrying the printing'deviceand capable of a vertical and lateral movement, and a traveling carrierhaving an intermittent motion that takes place during the lateral motionof the printing device to feed a fresh surface of work beneath theprinting device to receive the impression at the succeeding stroke ofthe same, substantiallyas described.

9. In a machine for' printing carpets, the combination of a troughhavingaconveyingroller, a swinging arm carrying the printing device andcapable of a vertical movement to be successively depressed upon andelevated from the work, and also of a lateral movement over the hopperto bring the relief-surface of the printing device in contact with theroller, and a traveling carrier arranged beneath the printing device andfed with an intermittent vmotion that takes, place simultaneously withthe lateral movement of the lever and' the printing device carriedthereby,l substantially as described; for the purpose set forth.

l0. In a machine for printing carpets, the

combination of a swinging lever, a carrier-` IOO per having aconveying-roller, substantially as Idescribed.

1l. Ina machine for printing carpets, the combination of a swinginglever,'a` carrier-fl plate pivoted thereto, a platen detachablyconnected to the carrier-plate, the spring bearing against thecarrier-plate and the lever, the

rollers carried by the rcarrier-plate, a guide having an arm -againstwhich the rollers impinge during the elevationo'f the plate, and ahopper having a conveying-roller, substantially as described.

12. The combination of a hopper having a conveying-roller, a swinginglever, a carrierplate pivoted to the lever, a detachable platenconnected to the carrier-plate by`bindingscrews, the friction-rollersjournaled at the front edge of the carrier-plate, a guide-pin secured onthe plate and passing through the lever, a spring bearing against thelever and carrier-plate, a spring, U, connected with the against whichthe rollers impinge during the vertical movement of the lever and thecarrier-plate, substantially as described, for the purpose set i'orth.

13. The combination of a traveling carrier, a'pivoted swinging levercarrying the printing device and a friction-roller, and a camwheelhaving the circumferential serpentine groove into which thefriction-roller of the le- Ver projects, substantially as described, forthe purpose set forth.

14. The combination of a carrier, a swinging pivoted lever carrying aprinting device and the friction-roller, and a cam-wheel i'or actuatingthe lever and having the straight groove-section p, and the inclinedgroove-sections p and Z2, arranged at an angle to and opening into eachother and the groove 1J, substantially as described, for the purpose setforth.

15. The combination of the driving-shaft, a cam-wheel, O, having aserpentine groove, gearingl intermediate of the cam-wheel and thedriving-shaft for rotating the former, and a swinging lever carrying theprinting device and a friction-roller extending into the groove oil' thewheel, substantially as described.

1G. In a machine for printing carpets, the combination of adriving-shaft, a counter-shaft driven thereby, a continuously-rotatedpulley driven by the counter-shaft and carrying a clutch-face, a camupon which the pulley is mounted, and having a groove in which a pin ofthe pulley fits, and. a driving-drum having a similar clutch-faee,withwhich the pulley is adapted to be alternately engaged and releasedduring apart of each of its revolutions, substantially as described.

17. The combination of a cam having a peripheral groove, with a lateralcurved or incylined portion, as described, a pulley seated on theperiphery of the cam, and carrying a projection which iits in the grooveand aetuates the pulley laterally when it rides in the lateral curvedportion thereof, so that the clutch-face carried thereby is alternatelyengaged with and released from a driving-drum, substantially asdescribed, for the purpose set forth.

18. The combination of a table having the longitudinal channels, theswinging arms carryingthe printing devices, the retaining-brach etssecured upon the table and having the rollers, and a traveling carrierworking in the channels of the table, substantially as described, forthe purpose set forth.

19. The combination of the table having the longitudinal channels, thedriving and idler drums at the ends thereof, a traveling carrier workingover the drums and in the channels of the table, the swinging armscarrying the printing devices, and the vertical brackets having therollers projecting over the edges oi' the table for preventing the workon the carrier being elevated by the printing devices, substantially asdescribed.

20. The combination of a table, a traveling carrier, theswinging armscarrying the printing devices, and ahopper foreach of the printingdevices, and arranged to one side thereof and detachably secured on thetable, substantially as described.

2l. The combination of a table having the longitudinal channels, atraveling carrier working in the channels and having the pro- `jectingstuds, the receiving and delivery rollers supported on the table, thedriving and idler drums at opposite ends of the table for supporting thecarrier,ahopper elevated above the traveling carrier and having theconveyingroller, aswinging arm Carrying the printing de-' vice toimpress the work on the carrier and take its supply of coloring-matterfrom the hopper, the cam-wheel O, for actuating the swinging arm, adriving-shaft, L, gearing intermediate of the driving-shaft and thecam-wheel O, a counter-shaft driven by the driving-shaft,

a continuously-rotated pulley actuated by the counter-shaft and having aclutch-face, and a cam-wheel upon which the pulley is seated for forcingthe same laterally and alternately engaging its clutch-face, andreleasing it from a similar clutch-face on one ofthe driving-drums, thewhole arranged and combined substantially as described, for the purposeset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ai'lixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED OTIS GETGHELL.

Vitnesses:

XV. B. NicitELs, S. B. GLAZIER.

